spinner

回転器、回転する人

自分で回転したり、何かを回転させたりする人や装置。

やさしい英語で： A person or device that turns round or makes something turn round.

• Use a salad spinner to dry the leaves.
• This little spinner turns when the wind blows.
• Among the dancers, he was the fastest spinner.

よく使う表現： salad spinner, fast spinner, hand spinner

ルーレット

ゲームで回して、数字や色、記号を選ぶ小さな道具。

やさしい英語で： A small device you turn in a game to choose a number, colour, or symbol.

• Spin the spinner to start your turn.
• The arrow on the spinner points to four.
• We lost the spinner from our board game.

よく使う表現： game spinner, spin the spinner, spinner arrow

糸紡ぎ職人

ばらばらの羊毛などの繊維をより合わせて、糸にする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who twists loose wool or other fibres into thread or yarn.

• The spinner made yarn from wool.
• Two spinners demonstrated their craft at the museum.
• She worked as a cotton spinner in the mill.

類義語： handspinner

よく使う表現： wool spinner, cotton spinner, skilled spinner

スピナー

回転する金属の羽根と針があり、水中で動かして魚を誘う疑似餌。

やさしい英語で： A fishing lure with a turning metal blade and hooks that attracts fish as it moves through water.

• He caught a trout with a spinner.
• Cast the spinner near the riverbank.
• The shop sells spinners with bright metal blades.

類義語： spinnerbait

よく使う表現： fishing spinner, cast a spinner, metal spinner